Browsers generally have the search or tool bar at the top of the screen. However, if our device has a large screen in certain cases we could have accessibility problems, this can result in a somewhat uncomfortable navigation. To avoid this, moving the Chrome search bar on Android is something simple that we will explain here.
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Index( )
- How to change the address bar to the bottom of my screen?
- What are the hidden features to customize Chrome?
- Step by step to activate the browser flags
- Chrome Duet
- Settings for stable version of Chrome
- Changes you can make in the Beta version of Chrome
- How to reverse the change of the Chrome address bar?
- How to keep Google Chrome browser updates active
How to change the address bar to the bottom of my screen?
Browsers like Firefox Previev or Vivaldi face this challenge by modifying the design of the interface and the address bar at the bottom of the screen. Although this option is liked by many users, it is not yet extended to most browsers .
However, in the case of Google Chrome you can move and put the address or search bar at the bottom of the screen on Android. This is a configuration that is hidden which we can unlock .
Something we should know is that the arrangement of the address bar or Chrome searches at the bottom of the screen on Android is available as an experiment or beta test, that is, to be able to put the search bar down we must activate the flags. If we have no idea what flags are, it will be interesting to know what Chrome Flags are , as well as activate their hidden functions.
This is only possible in the beta version of Google Chrome , which you can download directly from the Google Play Store so that you can activate the trial functions.
What are the hidden features to customize Chrome?
Flags, or flags as it is known in Spanish, are configurations that the developer offers the user to play with, so to speak, before they are officially implemented. The Chrome address or search bar at the bottom is part of the new Chrome Deut design that Google is designing for users .
It is expected that in the future the activation of these new configurations will be much more accessible . While this is happening, the unlocking of this hidden function is done from the flags section. Something that is very useful is to increase the browsing speed in Google Chrome .
Below we explain step by step how to activate the flags in the browser , emphasizing that it can only be done in the beta version of Google Chrome Duet.
Step by step to activate the browser flags
- The first thing to do is open the Chrome application and type the following in the search bar: ‘chrome: // flags’. A search engine will appear, like a menu, which is at the top, in which we will write: ‘Chrome Duet’ .
- You will press the ‘Default’button , which is next to Chrome Deut, and immediately the system will offer you the option to change the address bar applying the different formats that are available at the moment.
That way you will have the flags of your Google Chrome browser active , only having to use the different commands depending on the configuration you want to change. Keep reading to know which ones you can apply in your browser.
Chrome Duet
The only way to activate the flags in the browser is by having Chrome Duet, which is the beta version of Google for the new version of its search engine . This is the name of the new project by Google developers in which ‘test’ changes can be applied that seek to know the preferences of users to apply these changes permanently in the application.
Settings for stable version of Chrome
At the moment, it is not possible to apply the settings provided by Google developers in the stable version of Chrome . Only in the beta version is it possible to do so, keeping the current application with the same settings as before; that is, the search bar cannot be moved to the bottom of the browser.
Changes you can make in the Beta version of Chrome
Once you have the beta version and you have activated the flags, it only remains to use the following commands to be able to make the changes that are allowed. You will find these in the flags menu where you will have to select the option ‘# enable-chrome-duet’ . Once there, you will only have to choose between the 3 available options that we explain below:
- Enabled Home-Search-TabSwitcher: Add the buttons of the home page and the tab view in the bottom bar of the mobile.
- VariationEnabled Home-Search-Share: Add the buttons for the home page, search and share to the address bar or lower searches of the mobile.
- VariationEnabled NewTab-Search-Share Variation: Add the buttons of the home page, search and share to the address bar or lower search of the mobile allowing to move them for further customization.
It should be noted that in order to view the changes in the browser, we must restart the application up to two times , so that the changes are registered satisfactorily.
How to reverse the change of the Chrome address bar?
With the options of ‘Default’ and ‘Disabled’ the configuration of the address bar will remain as it was, at the top . You will find these in the flags menu so that you can return the Chrome design to the basic one without problems.
How to keep Google Chrome browser updates active
Google Chrome is an application that is continually updated to offer better features and designs for its users. To keep Google Chrome updates active, we only have to look at three things:
- That when entering the ‘More’ menu the option ‘Update Google Chrome‘ is not available so that we know that we have the latest update installed.
- Go to the Google Play Store and make sure there is no update available.
- In case you always want to keep your browser updated, activate the ‘automatic updates’option in the Google Play Store. In this way, the browser is automatically updated.
In summary, to move and put the address bar or Chrome searches we must activate one of the options that we mentioned above. Then a message will appear advising us that we must restart the browser to apply the changes. Now, click on the ‘Relaunch’ icon, then the browser will close and reopen with the settings applied.
Something that we should mention again is that we may have to restart the app a couple of times for the changes to take effect. This is because we are facing an experimental functionality , however, we can say that it works perfectly without problems.
